Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems
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Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems by Neil Roberts
A brilliant new study of one of the great English poets of the 20th Century, by a distinguished critic and scholar.This book opens with a section on Hughes's life, including the relationship with Sylvia Plath and the effect of her suicide on his poetry and reputation, followed by a review of Hughes's artistic strategies, his poetic language, and influences on his work. including the poets of Eastern Europe. The body of the book offers an approach to reading New Selected Poems (1995), taking in turn each of the remarkable and remarkably varied works from which the poems were selected - The Hawk in the Rain, Lupercal, Wodwo, Crow, Cave Birds, Season Songs, Gaudete, Remains of Elmet, Moortown Diary, River and Wolfwatching. It concludes with a review of Hughes's reception, and a six-page bibliography. Professor Roberts's books include Ted Hughes: A Critical Study (with Terry Gifford, Faber, 1981), D. H. Lawrence, Travel and Cultural Difference (Palgrave, 2004), and Ted Hughes: A Literary Life (Palgrave, 2006.Neil Roberts is a professor at the University of Sheffield's Department of English Literature. George Eliot: Her Beliefs and Her Art (1975), Ted Hughes: A Critical Analysis (1981), The Lover, The Dreamer, and The World- Peter Redgrove's Poetry (1994), and Meredith and the Novel (1997) are among his past works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847600707 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847600700 |
| Title | Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems |
| Author | Neil Roberts |
| Series | Literature Insights |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Humanities - Ebooks.co.uk |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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